I hope this is the right section. Hey guys so my 71 Riviera has some black plastic after market windshield wipers. I know it had metal ones originally. I think I found them on Rock Auto but was wondering where are you supposed to get the rubber refills from? Even Rock Auto didn't seem to have them. Thanks
It appears you need the arms too but these are original type blade refills to compare. Top is type with cross slats which were original until I am not sure what year and back until at least 1962. The bottom type will fit but have no slats and appear late 70’s vintage by the Camaro on the box.
Years ago at Carlisle there was a guy set up a few spaces down from me and he had tons of original NOS wiper refills and oil filters. (And I mean cases of them.) When it was slow he allowed me to open up the boxes so I could see the date codes and figure out all the varieties of the Buick oil filters, etc.. I remember also making sketches of the markings on the rubber wiper refills. If I find the sheet I will post it here. Duane
Right on, thanks guys. I'll be waiting for that info hopefully you can find it. If not I'm sure the info's out there somewhere. I saw some yesterday on a website saying the drivers side had two arms and the passenger had one arm. Any one know why that is? Is that how the originals really are?
The brains? What does the 2 arm driver side do? Is only the driver side driven by the motor and it pulls/pushes the passenger arm? Crazy.
It has two arms so that the left, as it wipes across its arc, stays closer to vertical. The only way it can be mounted where it is and clear the glass at the pillar from top to bottom is to kick out as it goes there. Patrick
Here is diagram of 68-70 big including Riv. Of course my parts book is missing 71 page. Yours should be similar. You can see the second arm pops on a pin then a slide tab locks it in place on the pin.
OK, I found my sketch for the GM A-Body wiper blade refills. (I imagine the large cars would have been the same designs, but maybe longer.) Now this info was developed from looking at cases of original refills, and I did this sometime in the mid-late 80's I also found my photos of original Buick Oil filters from the same source. I guess I should post them on another thread. Of course this is for those of us that are crazy enough to care. Enjoy. Duane PS. Just as an aside, when I was looking for a set for the 69 car, the sets I had put away had the lines embossed on the rubber just like the originals.
The correct Trico number for ‘68-‘72 is 33-162. It’s a 16”, pin mount, stainless blade assembly. These were commonly available until about two years ago; then Trico dropped them. Big news! They’re making them again! Trico announced it in September-any Trico retailer will (at some point) be able to get them again. https://www.aapexshow.com/2018/Public/eBooth.aspx?BoothID=206655 Not sure what the rubber in them will look like, but if your ride has ugly black plastic on it now... Patrick
